Theresa Boyle

The government should get vaccines into the hands of community providers including nurses, physicians and pharmacists immediately, says Doris Grinspun, executive director of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario

The pandemic has overwhelmed all parts of the health system, not just long-term care, and seniors have paid the highest price, said Anthony Dale.

The number of CT and MRI scans to diagnose, stage and evaluate cancers has fallen in the province by 24 per cent and 26 per cent, respectively, according to Cancer Care Ontario.

Since early March, more than one third of all complaints to the province’s Patient Ombudsman have been related to the pandemic.

Kevin Smith, president of the University Health Network, said he is dismayed that people continue to leave their homes and socialize in groups despite public health recommendations not to.

The new measures would see physician-identified OHIP payments posted online annually, much like the Sunshine List of public sector workers who make $100,000 and more.

As wait-times for hospital beds rise — to 36,245 — so does the number of seniors waiting for space in care facilities, thousands of whom are occupying hospital beds.

How Ontario’s health care system might look in the wake of Christine Elliott’s proposed revamp.

Rooting out such waste would help keep publicly funded health care sustainable, a report from the CD Howe Institute says.

Doctors warn if they’re hit with another pay cut patients will end up paying the price.